Electricity crisis: GM Ismail takes over; old board continues as two new units start operation
Amidst Libya’s electricity generation crisis that has led to violent nationwide protests, road blockades and the burning of official buildings, ...
Tag: GECOL General Electricity Company of Libya
Demonstrators block roads with makeshift fires in protest at lengthening power cuts
Demonstrators, overwhelmingly youth, blocked several roads in the greater Tripoli area yesterday setting alight to debris and old car tyres. ...
GECOL sings MoU with Abu Dhabi’s W Solar Investment to build solar plants
The state General Electricity Company of Libya, (GECOL), signed an MoU with W Solar Investment, a unit of Abu Dhabi-based ...
Lengthy power cuts lead to GECOL head Abdali being suspended
The Tripoli-based Libyan Prime Minister, Abd Alhamid Aldabaiba, yesterday suspended the chairman of the General Electricity Company of Libya (GECOL), ...
Misrata fast track power station expected to enter service end of June
The state General Electricity Company of Libya (GECOL) announced yesterday that it has linked the power transformer for the first ...
Damage from Janzour militia clashes will result in power cuts and delay in Tripoli West power station coming online this summer: GECOL
Damage caused by last Saturday’s militia clashes in Janzour (west Tripoli) will result in power cuts and a delay in ...
Libya and Total Energies sign preliminary agreement to establish 500 MW solar power project
Libya signed a preliminary agreement with France’s Total Energies to establish a solar power plant with a capacity of 500 ...
Janzour militia clashes cause damage to Tripoli West power station
Militia clashes in the Janzour area of western Tripoli on Saturday led to damage to power lines and to the ...
Tripoli West Fast Track power station about to enter production: GECOL
The state General Electricity Company of Libya (GECOL) announced that the first unit of the Tripoli West Fast track Power ...
GECOL and Total discuss necessary arrangements to launch implementation of solar power plant project
The state General Electricity Company of Libya (GECOL) discussed with Total Energies the necessary arrangements to launch the implementation of ...
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